AIG Denies Accusing Police Officers Of Engaging In Cultism, Internet Fraud, Warns Journalists
The Zone 2 Police Command, Onikan-Lagos, has discountenanced a story credited to the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of the zone, AIG Adeleke Adeyinka Bode, wherein he was quoted to have said that some of his men are into internet fraud, (otherwise known as Yahoo-Yahoo) and cultism.
Speaking through the Command’s Public Relations Officer (ZPPRO), SP Hauwa Idris-Adamu in a press release, AIG Bode insisted that he never granted any interview to any journalist during his visit to the Ogun State Police Command on Thursday, 28 July 2022, from where the story presumably emanated.
According to the ZPPRO, “In the in-house lecture he had with officers and men of the Ogun State Police Command on the 28th July 2022, no such statement was made.
“The AIG merely charged officers and men of the Ogun State Command not to get involved in such practices (i.e. cultism, internet fraud and other social vices)”, Idris-Adamu said.
Pressing further, the zonal police spokesperson noted that the AIG, as part of his admonitions to the operatives, urged them to be more dedicated to their duty; respect the rule of law; be civil to members of the public and eschew all forms of corrupt practices.
The statement reads in part, “It became very imperative for the Command to clear the air and set the records straight on the news being circulated by some media that the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 2 Command, AIG Adeleke Adeyinka Bode, admitted that some of his men are into internet fraud otherwise known as Yahoo-Yahoo and cultism.
“The Command under the watch of the Assistant Inspector General of Police wishes to inform the public that the news was erroneously published, as the AIG never had any conversation with any journalist during his visit to Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Police and that the AIG was quoted out of context”.
“Consequently, by this statement, the Command urge members of the public to disregard the erroneous publication being circulated as “no such statement was made by the AIG”, adding that “there is no such practice in the Nigeria Police”.
The ZPPRO, however, warned that journalists henceforth found reporting such misleading stories would be made to face the full wrath of the law.
